Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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